2023
Outcomes of Infliximab-Treated inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring with two different assays
Al-Bawardy B, Jenkins S, Snyder M, Frinack J, Ladwig P, Loftus E, Willrich M. Outcomes of Infliximab-Treated inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring with two different assays. Clinical Biochemistry 2023, 119: 110618. PMID: 37507083, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2023.110618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel disease patientsBowel disease patientsEndoscopic healingClinical remissionDisease patientsMcg/Normal serum C-reactive proteinDrug monitoringSerum C-reactive proteinLC-MS/MSInfliximab drug levelsFavorable clinical outcomeC-reactive proteinTherapeutic drug monitoringIBD patientsNormal CRPClinical outcomesDrug levelsPatientsECLIARemissionDifferent assaysOutcomesMcgAssays
2022
Impact of thiopurine dose in anti-tumor necrosis factor combination therapy on outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease
Nawaz A, Glick L, Chaar A, Li D, Gaidos J, Proctor D, Al-Bawardy B. Impact of thiopurine dose in anti-tumor necrosis factor combination therapy on outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2022, 36: 39-44. PMID: 36593807, PMCID: PMC9756033, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2022.0766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory bowel diseaseC-reactive proteinAnti-TNF combination therapySteroid-free clinical remissionCombination therapyThiopurine doseDose groupEndoscopic healingClinical remissionBowel diseaseUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseTherapeutic doseNormal serum C-reactive proteinAnti-tumor necrosis factorNormal C-reactive proteinSerum C-reactive proteinAnti-drug antibody formationAnti-TNF immunogenicityCohort of patientsLow-dose groupSignificant differencesSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeClinical outcomesEffect of obesity on vedolizumab response in inflammatory bowel disease
Levine LJ, Gaidos JKJ, Proctor DD, Viana AV, Al-Bawardy B. Effect of obesity on vedolizumab response in inflammatory bowel disease. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2022, 35: 275-280. PMID: 35599926, PMCID: PMC9062841, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2022.0699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexInflammatory bowel diseaseSteroid-free clinical remissionNon-obese groupC-reactive proteinObese groupCRP normalizationEndoscopic remissionIBD patientsBowel diseaseDose escalationNormal serum C-reactive proteinMedian body mass indexSerum C-reactive proteinHigher body mass indexEndoscopic remission ratesEffect of obesityVedolizumab discontinuationVedolizumab levelsClinical remissionMedian followRemission rateSecondary outcomesMedian agePrimary outcome